Gem
Ring
29-128-1938
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1938 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Socrates |
| Description | Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of Socrates facing, the features are modeled after those of the original of the marble statuette in the British Museum. Graeco-Roman, probably of IInd A.D. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1938 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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